An informal gathering was held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ashley Pond Park to recognize the harm of the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan 78 years ago. Participants included representatives of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Veterans for Peace and Nonviolent Santa Fe, who carried posters and banners and meditated in a shelter at the south side of the park. For more information on the 1945 bombing go to the National Worl War II Museum website at https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/bombing-nagasaki-august-9-1945Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Participants in a commemoration of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki gather Wednesday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Opponents of nuclear weapons hold a sign Wednesday afternoon on the south of Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Participants in Wednesday’s Nagasaki bombing commemoration at the shelter at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons Wednesday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos resident Jody Benson, right, joins in Wednesday’s commemoration of the August 9, 1945 bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com